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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
VERSION DATE: 05/2023
This Forms License Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between the party reviewing and executing this Agreement (hereinafter, “you”) and Oregon Real Estate Forms, LLC (“OREF”). Your use of the Forms described in this Agreement is conditioned upon your acceptance of the unmodified terms and conditions of this Agreement. By clicking on the “I Agree” box when completing your purchase on www.orefonline.com, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
1. Forms License.
a. Licensed Forms. OREF has developed a set of forms intended to provide useful guidance to licensed real estate agents and licensed attorneys within the state of Oregon with respect to documenting a variety of real estate transactions (the “Forms”). The OREF Forms Library, as may be amended from time to time, is described at: https://orefonline.com/oref-library.
b. Grant of License. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, during the term of your subscription OREF grants you a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, personal and nontransferable license to access and use the Forms through any OREF-licensed Forms hosting platform for your own direct personal use in conducting certain professional real estate activities as a real estate agent or attorney within the state of Oregon. This license includes the right to print, or to deliver electronically through electronic mail, Forms for your direct personal use in the ordinary course of certain licensed professional real estate activities as a real estate agent or attorney in the state of Oregon. All use of the Forms shall be in strict conformance with this Agreement, and OREF shall at all times retain sole ownership of the Forms and all copies thereof.
c. Scope of License. Your right to use the Forms is limited, and is personal to you. You are not licensed to provide copies of any of the Forms to any third party unless you are directly engaged by such third party to represent them: (i) in a specific real estate transaction with a specifically-identified seller, buyer, lessor or lessee of real estate; and (ii) with respect to a specifically-identified real estate property. You must be licensed as a real estate agent or attorney to engage in professional real estate activity in the state of Oregon. Under this license you may not, except as expressly licensed above, do any of the following, directly or indirectly:
i. Make any copies of the Forms, or any portions thereof, except for your own direct personal use as licensed herein in the ordinary course of your licensed professional real estate activity as a real estate agent or attorney;
ii. Create any derivative works, enhancements, alterations or modifications of the Forms, or any portions thereof;
iii. Publicly display the Forms, or any portions thereof, or host or store the Forms on a webserver or similar internet-mediated platform other than one that is operated by an entity that has an active Forms Hosting License Agreement with OREF;
iv. Use the Forms, or any portions thereof, in any manner or for any purpose other than in the ordinary course of your professional real estate activity as a real estate agent or attorney in the manner licensed herein;
v. Make any of the Forms available for review, directly or indirectly, by any artificial intelligence or predictive analytics program or platform of any nature;
vi. Sell, sublicense, assign, lend, give away or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, the Forms, or any portions thereof, to any third party for any consideration other than such fees, commission or other consideration to be paid to you as the result of your direct representation of a party who has engaged you for representation in a real estate transaction with a specifically-identified seller, buyer, lessor or lessee of real estate, and with respect to a specifically-identified real estate property;
vii. Use any Form that OREF has updated with a replacement version after OREF has made such replacement version available to you;
viii. Use, or facilitate the use of, any Form that does not have your name as a licensed user on the footer of the Form; or
ix. Facilitate the use of a Form, provided under a personal license to you, by another person or entity.
Notwithstanding the above, if you participate on a broker team and have your own personal active OREF Forms license, you may use Forms accessible to your broker team leader, provided that the name of the Forms licensed broker appearing in the footer of each Form appears in the body of the form designated as the using broker’s principal broker or broker team leader.
d. Term of License. Subject to OREF’s termination rights set forth below, your license to use the Forms shall be limited to the one-year term you establish at the time of licensing.
2. Proprietary Rights. All right, title and interest in and to the Forms, and all copies thereof, will at all times remain the sole property of OREF. OREF reserves all rights not expressly granted to you under this Agreement. The Forms are protected by U.S. and international trademark and copyright laws. Any unauthorized use of the Forms may subject you to damages for breach of contract and for civil and criminal penalties under state and federal copyright and trademark laws and international treaties. This license only grants you the right to use the Forms in the manner described in this Agreement, and you do not acquire any rights of ownership or title to them.
3. Disclaimer of Professional Advice. The Forms are intended solely for your general guidance as a licensed user, and are not intended to constitute legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice of any kind. Your clients and customers are not third party beneficiaries of your rights under this Agreement. OREF is not licensed to practice law in Oregon or elsewhere, and is not engaged in the practice of law. The Forms do not constitute “legal advice” to you or to your clients or customers by OREF or its agents, representatives, employees, contractors or attorneys. Neither you nor your clients should rely upon the use of the Forms to the exclusion of seeking independent legal counsel, and you should so advise your clients and customers. OREF does not expressly or impliedly warrant the suitability of the Forms for your specific transaction or the transaction of your client or customer. You and your client should independently confirm that any Forms you intend to use are legally suitable for the purposes intended, and that they are current with respect to all laws and regulations. The Forms may be changed from time to time at the sole discretion of OREF, and you are solely responsible for determining whether any Form will meet your needs or the needs of your customer or client. You are not authorized to use any Form that has been replaced by OREF with a more current version after the more current version of such Form and has been made available to you.
4. Access to Forms. Your access to the Forms will be provided through a third-party forms hosting service, and will require a private, unique Username and Password. You may not loan, sell, license, disclose or otherwise make available your Username or Password to any person for any purpose whatsoever. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your hosting service Username and Password, and for logging out of your account at the end of each session. You are fully responsible for any activities that occur in or through your account. OREF is not responsible for any losses or damages incurred as a result of an unauthorized use of your hosting service account, Username or Password. You agree to notify OREF and any applicable third party hosting service provider immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or breach in security so OREF or such third party provider may take the appropriate actions, including possibly closing your account or giving you a new account. You acknowledge and agree that OREF makes no representations or warranties with respect to the products or services provided by or through third parties hosting Forms or otherwise providing services in connection with the Forms, and that your rights with respect to such third party products and services shall be governed solely by your direct agreements with those third parties.
5. Right to Modify Forms and License Terms. OREF may discontinue or change the Forms for any reason, at any time and without prior notice. OREF reserves the right to change the terms of your license under this Agreement at any time, and to condition your future right to access and use the Forms upon your agreement to such modified terms.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties. OREF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE FORMS OR THE SUITABILITY OF THE FORMS FOR ANY PURPOSE. YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE FORMS SHALL BE ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. OREF HEREBY DISCLAIMS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE FORMS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT OR AVAILABILITY, AND ANY WARRANTIES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATIONAL TRANSACTIONS ACT AS MAY BE ADOPTED BY ANY JURISDICTION FROM TIME TO TIME. OREF DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OF THE FORMS, THAT A PARTICULAR FORM WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT THE FORMS WILL BE UPDATED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
7. Limitations of Liability and Remedies. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OREF DISCLAIMS, AND YOU HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE OREF FROM, ANY AND ALL LIABILITY TO YOU, YOUR CLIENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USE OF THE FORMS IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. IN NO EVENT SHALL OREF BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS RESULTING FROM BUSINESS DISRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, LOST GOODWILL OR DAMAGES TO YOUR SYSTEMS OR DATA, WHETHER YOUR CLAIMS ARISE UNDER CONTRACT OR STATUTE, OR ARE BASED UPON A CLAIM OF STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR SOME OTHER TORT CLAIM, EVEN IF OREF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHERS, ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FORGOING LIMITATION OF REMEDIES IS A MATERIAL CONDITION OF OREF’S WILLINGNESS TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT OREF WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BUT FOR SUCH LIMITATION.
8. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold OREF harmless against any claims, demands, liability, damages, costs and fees, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, arising from your use of the Forms.
9. Breach, Injunctive Relief. In the event you breach this Agreement, OREF may, in addition to its other remedies, immediately and without prior notice terminate your access to the Forms and terminate your license to use the Forms. You agree that if you breach or threaten to breach this Agreement with respect to OREF’s intellectual property rights in any manner, OREF will suffer irreparable damage, that money damages will be inadequate, and that OREF shall be entitled to preliminary and other injunctive relief awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction against any such breach or threatened breach, without having to wait for you to cure a breach, and without having to post a bond or other security. Such injunctive relief shall be in addition to, and in no way in limitation of, any and all other remedies OREF may have at law or equity.
10. Liquidated Damages. You agree that in the event you have breached your license with respect to your use of the Forms, OREF shall be entitled to receive, for each such non-licensed use of the Form(s), and in addition to all of its other remedies, liquidated damages in an amount equal to three (3) times the Forms license fee normally charged by OREF. The parties acknowledge that the payment anticipated under this provision is not a penalty, is intended to constitute liquidated damages for the unauthorized use of OREF Forms, and constitutes a reasonable estimate of the minimum damages to OREF arising from such unauthorized use.
11. Dispute Resolution/Arbitration. Except as set forth in paragraphs 9 and 10 above, in the event a dispute arises between the parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the use of the Forms, the parties agree to work in good faith to resolve such dispute informally. If the parties are incapable of resolving such dispute informally, any party may submit the dispute to mediation with the Arbitration Service of Portland, located in Portland, Oregon (“ASP”), and such mediation shall occur under the ASP’s then current mediation rules. All parties shall participate in good faith in such mediation. In the event such mediation does not result in a resolution of the dispute, the dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration, and a party may then, but only then, initiate an arbitration proceeding with the ASP under ASP’s then current arbitration rules. In such arbitration, the arbitrator’s fees shall be shared equally by the parties during the course of the arbitration, but shall be recoverable as costs to the prevailing party. The arbitrator will control the scheduling of all events and will resolve all disputes, including disputes regarding pretrial procedure and discovery. The decision of the arbitrator (or arbitration panel) will be binding, and any party may submit the decision as an enforceable judgment with any court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall preclude a party from seeking declaratory or injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
12. Attorney’s Fees. If a party to this Agreement breaches any term of this Agreement, then the other party shall be entitled to recover all expenses of whatever form or nature, costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred to enforce the terms of this Agreement, whether or not suit is filed, including such costs or fees as may be awarded in arbitration or by a court at trial or on appeal. In addition, in the event either party to this Agreement becomes a debtor subject to the United States Bankruptcy Code, the non-debtor party shall be entitled to recover any expenses, costs and fees, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with enforcing its rights against the debtor party, whether those rights arise under this Agreement or involve matters arising solely under the Bankruptcy Code.
13. Non-Waiver. The failure or delay of a party to require performance of, or to otherwise enforce, any term, condition or other provision of this Agreement shall not waive or otherwise limit that party’s right to enforce, or to pursue remedies for the breach of, any such term, provision or condition. No waiver by a party of any particular term, condition or provision of this Agreement, including this non-waiver provision, shall constitute a waiver or limitation on that party’s right to enforce performance of, or to pursue remedies for the breach of, any other term, condition or provision of this Agreement. Any waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be contained in a writing signed by the waiving party.
14. Successor Interests. The license granted under this Agreement is personal and not transferable without OREF’s prior written consent. Subject to this limitation, this Agreement is binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the heirs, successors, assigns, legatees, devisees, bankruptcy estates, administrators, personal representatives and executors of each of the parties.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Oregon without regard to, or application of, any conflict of law provisions.
16. Jurisdiction, Venue. The parties agree that any suit, action or arbitration proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in Multnomah County, Oregon, and the parties expressly consent to the personal jurisdiction over them of any state or federal court in Multnomah County, Oregon.
17. Severability. If any court of competent jurisdiction finds any term of this Agreement, or of any other document or instrument referred to or contemplated in this Agreement, to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remainder of the Agreement, and the court shall enforce the Agreement in such a manner as to give substantial effect to the intent of the parties as expressed in the Agreement.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter of the Agreement, and supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, understandings, representations and agreements, whether oral or written, including any previous license agreements between you and OREF. All terms of this Agreement, including its recitals, are contractual.
19. Electronic Execution. Execution of this Agreement shall occur, and may be evidenced by, transmission of your electronic assent to its terms through your clicking the “I Agree” button below. By clicking the “I Agree” button, you are warranting that the information you provided to obtain your license is accurate and complete, and that you are authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of the licensed party. After executing this Agreement, you may print or download a copy of it for your records.
20. Refund Policy. OREF does not offer refunds, in whole or in part, for its annual Forms subscriptions, except for the following:
- If you inadvertently purchase a duplicate forms subscription and contact us for a refund within 90 days after your purchase of the duplicate subscription, OREF will provide you with a refund for your duplicate subscription.
- If you inadvertently purchase a duplicate forms subscription and contact us for a refund more than 90 days, but less than 180 days, after your purchase of the duplicate subscription, OREF will provide you with a credit for your duplicate purchase that you can use for your next annual forms subscription.
All requests must be submitted in writing to customerservice@orefonline.com or through our website at www.orefonline.com/support. Proof of payment for both Forms subscriptions must be attached to any refund request.